Acute and chronic effects of epicardial radiofrequency applications delivered on epicardial coronary arteries

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 526-531

  Viles Gonzalez, Juan F ^a   De Castro Miranda, Reynaldo ^b   Scanavacca, Mauricio ^b   Sosa, Eduardo ^b   D'Avila, Andre ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coronary artery injury; Epicardial ablation; Vascular injury; VT ablation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CORONARY ARTERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THORACOTOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTIMA; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; SWINE; TUNICA MEDIA;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERICARDIUM; SWINE; THORACOTOMY; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 80054017257     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.961508     Document Type: Article

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